Potential Locations of Buried Treasure
There are vast quantities of buried treasure as yet unfound. Literally billions of dollars worth of treasure has been lost and some of it just may be directly beneath your feet.
One reason that there is so much buried treasure is due to the fact that people will simply hide things. And more stuff is likely hidden now than at any previous time because there are just so many more people populating the earth. It is just simple mathematics. So, for what possible reason is so much still uncovered and awaiting the arrival of a treasure hunter to set it free? There is another easy answer: the people who hid it have moved on.
People will fail to recall that they have buried something and move. Some of them may be in jail for unlawful behavior and cannot get back to their stash. But the most frequent scenario, unfortunately, is the saddest: the owner of the buried treasure is himself or herself also now buried. People pass on to the hereafter with many unrevealed secrets, and many times those secrets concern things that we have hidden and the locations of where we have hidden them.
Possible Places to Find Buried Treasure
Historically, people would bury money and other items of value beneath the edge of sidewalks, driveways and other slabs of either cement or asphalt and it is likely that they continue to do so. If you think that this scenario is likely, search for asphalt which is sagging. Of course, cement will not sag, but the loosening of the soil surrounding the burial location facilitates sagging of the softer asphalt over time.
Search out places which are hidden from view from the road or from the inquisitive eyes of neighbors. Of course, treasure will not be buried in the middle of the front lawn, for all to see. Consider locations where a hole might be dug without anyone seeing and then begin probing, digging or scanning with a metal detector.
Gardens have forever been a favored location to bury things. The soft and loose soil of a garden is an excellent location because a jar stuffed with money or jewelry may be buried or dug up without difficulty. Look for signs of old garden locations. Use a metal detector to go over those places. While paper money will, by itself, not generate a signal, it typically is buried in a jar or a coffee can that has a metal lid.
When we were kids we found out that the location of treasure which we buried is easily forgotten after the passage of a year or so. It is for this reason that we bury things close to "markers" which may be recalled without much trouble. Criminals will typically bury their loot close to a sign along a roadside. Markers could be any number of things. Begin a search near them prior to looking in some open location where the burial site would be readily forgotten.
Mounds or depressions in the surface of a lawn may be an indication of the location of buried treasure. Once a hole has been refilled and leveled, quite frequently the soil there will settle. And a mound may be created if the soil removed to make the hole did not all fit back in. Something to remember about this, however, is that beneath one of these mounds or depressions you may find the remains of a family pet, so it is best to scan the area with a metal detector prior to reclaiming that buried treasure.
About the Author:
Bill McNeil has been metal detecting almost his entire life (which is a long time!). He is the author of Metal Detectors Online. The site is full of metal detecting tips and reviews on the most popular models. Check it out today!
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